Ed. Note: if you’re new to TURBOFAC, please take note that the text string filtration function generally shouldn’t be used for terms such as “ordinarily resident,” “causing” or “new debt”. For research on the meaning of words and phrases such as those, i.e. terms central to the key legal issues in sanctions law that appear on a cross-programmatic basis, you’re typically better off locating and checking the appropriate box in the “Key Legal Issues” search category, which will limit the results to those that have been manually assessed as being relevant for the interpretation of the terms at issue.
Try typing your search term (“ordinarily resident,” “new debt,” or something else) in the “Find a Search Filter” box at the top of the page, and the corresponding “Key Legal Issues” check box will pop up instantly, if one exists. Once you check the box (e.g. “new debt,” with ~55 results), you can always use the text string filtration function to further refine your search (e.g. by typing “invoice” and narrowing the ~55 results to ~10).
Note in addition that the same applies to text string searches such as “14071” (if you’re looking for items related to EO 14071). By typing “14071” in the “Find a Search Filter” field up top, you will be able to instantly narrow the results down to items manually assessed as relating to EO 14071. Ditto terms such as “515.204” or “Iran General License G” (try the “Discrete Legal Provision” search category).
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1) BACKGROUND
On 12-21-22 OFAC added 29 substantively identical GLs to list-based blocking programs. The GLs, entitled, “Transactions related to the provision of agricultural commodities, medicine, medical devices, replacement parts and components, or software updates for personal, non- commercial use” (the “Individual Use Ag/Med GLs”) are unique in some respects, and similar to OFAC’s other ag/med-related GLs in others. Refer to “Treasury Implements Historic Humanitarian Sanctions Exceptions” (Press Release) (https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1175) (“Treasury is issuing these GLs across sanctions programs that did not previously have humanitarian exceptions, implementing a new standardized baseline set of authorizations across OFAC-administered programs”).
Apart from FAQ # 1106, the GLs are not associated with meaningful guidance, so we must look to OFAC’s practices in similarly structured GLs in other programs to resolve the interpretive...